After getting all the spirits, Duran, Kevin, and Hawkeye stop
by the Palo tavern (by the mountain) to rest and chat.
Hawkeye starts by asking, "Hey, Duran, did you see anything
interesting before joining with us?" Duran responded,
"I didn't see much aside from fairies, Riesz, and that kid,
Charlotte. I did run into this one girl in Jad." Hawkeye
responded, "Tell us about her, Duran." Duran started to
tell the guys about her. "When I got in the Inn, I saw this
girl. I decided to take a closer look; she then got up and
slapped me across the room when my guard was down. I did manage
to look at her, and she was a real hottie. I think I heard her
say "I'll keep an eye on you.", something like that.
Thinking about it, I heard from King Richard that Athena's
princess was known for her looks. What if that girl was Princess
Angela? Not even the latest edition of "The Men's
Bible" (a men's magazine that tends to be called porno) has
pictures of her. People who tried end up with bad injuries from
the magic spells." "You have the latest Men's
Bible?" replied Hawkeye. Duran pulled it out of his things;
it had for main topics "Angelic Angela runs away from home.
Can you find her? 100,000Luc reward for pictures" and
"Recently discovered! The Kiss that awakens feelings; use
this once, and getting a relationship isn't hard at all. (Not
being in one though!)
As Duran showed them the magazine, Hawkeye studied every detail,
thinking "Well, Jessica will be pleasantly surprised!"
But Kevin was staring out into space. "Hey, Duran, what's
with Kevin?" asked Hawkeye. Duran responded "He'd been
like this since we ran into Reisz." "Wait a moment, I
think Kevin has a crush on her." said Hawkeye. "Well,
she isn't bad overall girl, not to mention a good warrior. But
I'm more interested in the girl I ran into." said Duran.
Hawkeye said "Mind if I go visit Jessica?" Duran
replied "No, go ahead. The Mana Holyland can wait another
day." Hawkeye then left the tavern. Duran then said to Kevin
"Well, I'll read this part to you so when you run into
Reisz, you'll be able to sweep her off her feet. How does that
sound." Kevin immediately responded "Yes I'll listen, I
do anything to impress her!" (Author's Note: I'm trying to
get down how Kevin speaks, so bear with this.) Duran then reads
the article about the "Kiss" to Kevin, who listened
very attentively. Duran thought to himself "Kevin's a tough
guy, and I wouldn't mess with him about anything; he didn't take
a joke about Karl very lightly. What would happen with someone
messed with Reisz in front of Kevin? I guess the people
responsible for it would die painful and gruesome deaths, by no
other than "peaceful" Kevin, or something scary even
for me." While this was going on, a man sitting down,
drinking a cup of tea commented "This should prove to be
most interesting." That and Hiryu and Hien (from Strider 2)
where talking about splitting the 3 tong poo girls among
themselves. (the 3 girls became big strider fans after the fall
of the Grand Master.) The 3 heroines entered and seated
themselves. Despite going about their quests alone, they decided
to talk. "Hello, I am Riesz of Rolant (please pardon my
misspelling!-Duran t.w.) and may I ask what your names are?"
said Reisz. The other 2 introduced themselves. Angela asked
"Want me to tell you 2 about this guy I ran into?"
Reisz and Charlotte went along with this. Angela started her
story; "When I started my journey for magic, I went to Jad
and slept a bit, but before long, this man in armor was standing
by the bed! I slapped him across the room; it seems he didn't see
it coming, judging by the look on his face. He sure was good
looking and all; muscles, a nice tan, as well as wearing some
battered armor. Ohh I just dig sword fighters." Reisz
responded, "A sword? I ran into a knight and a monk who were
with Hawkeye, an old friend of mine." "Wait a moment
that sounded like those mean guys that always leave me by
myself!" said Charlotte. Reisz then said "I remember
that monk had a look of sadness, perhaps by the lost of a loved
one or a friend. The knight had a look of determination, as if he
were rushing to a goal. I won't say anything about Hawkeye
because I don't want strangers knowing about him." Charlotte
looked around and spotted the 2 guys at their tables. "I
found them mean guys, and I'll yell at them a whole lot, leaving
me alone all those times!" Reisz and Angela looked in her
direction and spotted them; they realized the guys they were
talking about were the same people and they were here, sans
Hawkeye of course. The 2 young women said to Charlotte,
"We'll yell that those mean men for you, so go and get
yourself a glass of tea." She went to sit down. The Kevin
and Duran looked at the direction of activity and spotted the 2
girls. "Remember about that Kiss, Kevin?" asked Duran
while he put the men's bible away in his bag (which also had a
issue of "SwordPro", "strats and Tacts").
(Women aren't suppose to see it) "I remember!"
responded a happy Kevin. They spilt up and go on separate dates.

Duran's Date, party time(a holiday in Palo)
"Come on Duran, win me this Mog doll!" asked Angela.
Duran then tried the hammer game; he used the hammer in a
downward motion. Needless to say, he won that last game...because
he broke it with the sheer force used. "Wow you're so
strong, Duran!" said a happy Angela. The "doll"
didn't mind this at all. Duran then spotted a guy talking about a
tournament for knights and their ladies. Duran and Angela then to
the set up arena. Duran registered for the tournament. He then
ran into a beastman named Kilgore Trout (CAN you guess the
reference here?). "I'm
looking for Kevin. He defeated Lugar, and I want his
secret!" Duran sense an evil intent from him and said,
"Why don't you go sniff for him then, Fido!" The angry
beastman left the arena to find Kevin. The battles were too easy
for Duran to win; as keeping with his class rules, he only used
the force needed to win, not to kill. After getting the prizes,
he wondered about that beastman, and what would happen if he
found Kevin, and of Kevin getting angry. Angela came up to him,
and said "No one has ever fought in my name before, thank
you for that."
"Why not go and get dinner? after all with the prize money,
we can eat at the nicest place in town, The Palo Premium. They
ate and talked about things. The man who was drinking tea earlier
was there on a floor, suffering a self-inflicted stomachache. He
said "Well there goes my appetite for the 5 hours or so
MOAN". Duran noticed this and went to help him. "No
sir, I don't need help with this, since I'll recover from this.
Thanks for asking though. Heheh... Imagine this, meeting THE
Duran of Forcena in person. I am a big fan of yours." Duran
went back without a word. "Duran... I'm actually the
princess of
Athena, but I can't use magic for nothing." said a slightly
saddened Angela. Duran responded, "I really don't care about
that stuff! You're still a good-looking, fun-loving girl to me.
Do you know a Koran, or a wizard in a red robe?" "HIM?
Of course I do! He's the bonehead who thought that I should be
killed so the kingdom could be saved from yours, but it's the
other way around instead!" said an upset Angela. "Why
not go back to the tavern and just relax? I am quite sorry about
that, since today was a day off and nothing work-related."
said Duran. She accepted it and they went to finish the date with
the "KISS". Then the man, named Maverick told them
about a massive fight outside town. Duran realized that it might
be Kevin, and rushes off, Angela too.

Kevin's Date, or "When Kevin gets Royally PO'ed"
They spent the time outside the town, talking about various
things. Kevin starts going on about why he likes her, or in short
likes how she's close to nature. A needle bird made its way
there, but Maverick slew it, sneaked a peak at the date and said
"Moments like that make my heart ache, since I have no one
like that. I think I'll go try the buffet at the Palo Premium,
the nicest place in the town." then ran off. Kevin talked of
how he hates to fight unless it's for a good cause. "What
would that be?" asked a curious Reisz. He responded,
"Simple. Friends, world, self-defense, and
Reisz-defense." She blushed at the mention of that. Things
went well until Kilgore Trout and some mercs arrived. "What
is your secret, Kevin? You defeated Lugar, captain of the beast
soldiers. That secret belongs to me, a true fighter, and not some
pacifist half-breed! Tell us or we'll beat it out of you!"
Kevin said nothing to them, then he started getting beat up real
bad. "Why don't you fight? Show us the power that defeated
Lugar!" said a seemingly crazed Kilgore. Kevin looked at
Reisz and said "Run...tell...Duran.." At that moment,
Maverick, Duran, Angela, as well as Charlotte came just to see
what happened. Reisz responded "Kevin, nooo!" Kilgore
noticed her and attacked her! She was nowhere prepared and got
knocked out. Kevin then started sobbing as well as getting an
angry look. Duran remember it from the time he told that Karl
joke, but it was far more intense, or in other words, his look
could kill whole armies 100 times over. Kevin got up and started
howling while a strange aura surrounded him. (Think super sayjin)
He then changed into a golden werewolf and what happened next was
comparable to a dance; one of death. When Kevin attacked, he
started taking out the mercs left and right. They did get their
shots in, but it didn't seem to affect the berserk werewolf,
except for making him more angry. Finally there was just a
bloodied Wolf-Kevin and Kilgore, who was in his Devil Wolf form.
Kevin then dashed in to do a 50-hit KoF-style super on Kilgore.
Kevin finish him off with a throw ... into the side of the
mountain. That had dramatic effects on Kilgore (Better known as
killed and gory) and the mountain, which was a few feet shorter.
Kevin returned to normal and rushed over to Reisz. She woke up in
his arms saying "You're hurt.." "Don't worry
anymore; these wounds not going to kill me, so 2 Honeys should do
it" They just stayed together the rest of the night; even
though Kevin forgot the Kissing move, he felt he didn't need it.
Everyone else went to their lodging places, but Maverick who went
to make sure that couple on the mountain wouldn't be interrupted
by monsters. "Anyway, I could use the workout before moving
on." So ends the night out... a couple days later the guys
met and continued their quest, but now they had new plans after
the sword of mana was pulled. (Duran: Get Koran and help Angela
learn spells; Kevin: Help Reisz to find her brother.) Then of
course things didn't go as planed, but that's another story in
itself.